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Stiletto Successfully Wraps Up OPEVAL, Upgrades Could Significantly Enhance Capabilities

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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

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By Geoff Fein Stiletto, a high-speed, composite ship, successfully met all the programmatic objectives of her operational evaluation (OPEVAL), demonstrating how an innovative effort can be achieved in a very short period of time. The OPEVAL established that Stiletto's value could be significantly enhanced if it were deployed in a littoral environment and was equipped with enhanced command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. If Stiletto is to play a larger or more permanent role in counter…

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